Shiji Zhao
Principal Scientist - CADD at Novartis
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolShiji Zhao is a Principal Scientist in CADD based in the San Francisco Bay Area with eight years of combined academic and industry experience in computational chemistry and molecular modeling. She holds a PhD in Mathematical Computational Systems Biology from UC Irvine and has advanced expertise in force field development, molecular dynamics, free energy calculations, and targeted protein degradation (TPD) drug design. At Novartis and previously Nurix Therapeutics she translated state-of-the-art CADD tools into lead optimization for challenging targets, and as a graduate researcher developed novel polarizable and additive force fields. Her background spans hands-on method development (e.g., enhanced-sampling workflows at Genentech) to mentoring and teaching, reflecting a blend of deep theory and practical implementation. Colleagues value her ability to interpret biological processes at the atomic level while pushing computational chemistry methods toward translational impact.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
University of California, Los AngelesBachelor's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General, Bachelor's degree Biology/Biological Sciences General at Sichuan UniversityStudy Abroad Programme Biology/Biological Sciences General, Study Abroad Programme Biology/Biological Sciences General at Queen Mary University of LondonUniversity of California, Irvine
English, Chinese
Github Skills (2)
utf9
git6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ShijiZ/Luo_Lab_Sample_Code
Aug 2019 - Oct 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 2 months
ShijiZ/PyRESP
Nov 2021 - Oct 2022
Contributions:35 commits, 39 pushes, 5 branches in 11 months
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